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Monday, July 04, 2011

jun 28 - jul 9 | bash: latter day plays | mack gordon, john voth

John Voth was the love interest in You Can't Take It With You, Mack Gordon in You Still Can't. Kaitlin Williams is the love interest in Mack Gordon's life. But I'm not sure love is the main interest of this particular piece by former Latter Day Saint Neil Labute....

"Bash is a concussive prayer. Four characters share more with us than their most private confessions: they also share the depths at which they find ways to rationalize their sins. One speaks of the death of his daughter. One shares his history of violence. One tells us about her childhood relationship with a teacher. Neil Labute has crafted a drama that is heartbreaking, vicious, and, above all else, human."